--- title: Chapter X. The Lobster Quadrille — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · full text with trees · page 2 description: Chapter X. The Lobster Quadrille, «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, and drew the back of one flapper across his eyes. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/) / Chapter X. The Lobster Quadrille # Chapter X. The Lobster Quadrille · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/101/) — “’Tis the voice of the Lobster; I heard him declare, “You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair.” - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/102/) — As a duck with its eyelids, so he with his nose Trims his belt and his buttons, and turns out his toes.” - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/103/) — \[later editions continued as follows When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark, And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark, But, when the tide rises and sharks are around, His voice has a timid and tremulous sound.\] - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/104/) — “That’s different from what \_I\_ used to say when I was a child,” said the Gryphon. - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/105/) — “Well, I never heard it before,” said the Mock Turtle; “but it sounds uncommon nonsense.” - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/106/) — Alice said nothing; she had sat down with her face in her hands, wondering if anything would \_ever\_ happen in a natural way again. - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/107/) — “I should like to have it explained,” said the Mock Turtle. - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/108/) — “She can’t explain it,” said the Gryphon hastily. - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/109/) — “Go on with the next verse.” - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/110/) — “But about his toes?” the Mock Turtle persisted. - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/111/) — “How \_could\_ he turn them out with his nose, you know?” - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/112/) — “It’s the first position in dancing.” - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/113/) — Alice said; but was dreadfully puzzled by the whole thing, and longed to change the subject. - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/114/) — “Go on with the next verse,” the Gryphon repeated impatiently: “it begins ‘\_I passed by his garden\_.’” - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/115/) — Alice did not dare to disobey, though she felt sure it would all come wrong, and she went on in a trembling voice:— - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/116/) — “I passed by his garden, and marked, with one eye, How the Owl and the Panther were sharing a pie—” - [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/117/) — \[later editions continued as follows The Panther took pie-crust, and gravy, and meat, While the Owl had the dish as its share of the treat. - [118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/118/) — When the pie was all finished, the Owl, as a boon, Was kindly permitted to pocket the spoon: While the Panther received knife and fork with a growl, And concluded the banquet—\] - [119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/119/) — “What \_is\_ the use of repeating all that stuff,” the Mock Turtle interrupted, “if you don’t explain it as you go on? - [120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/120/) — It’s by far the most confusing thing \_I\_ ever heard!” - [121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/121/) — “Yes, I think you’d better leave off,” said the Gryphon: and Alice was only too glad to do so. - [122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/122/) — “Shall we try another figure of the Lobster Quadrille?” the Gryphon went on. - [123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/123/) — “Or would you like the Mock Turtle to sing you a song?” - [124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/124/) — “Oh, a song, please, if the Mock Turtle would be so kind,” Alice replied, so eagerly that the Gryphon said, in a rather offended tone, “Hm! - [125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/125/) — No accounting for tastes! - [126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/126/) — Sing her ‘\_Turtle Soup\_,’ will you, old fellow?” - [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/127/) — The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, and began, in a voice sometimes choked with sobs, to sing this:— - [128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/128/) — “Beautiful Soup, so rich and green, Waiting in a hot tureen! - [129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/129/) — Who for such dainties would not stoop? - [130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/130/) — Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup! - [131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/131/) — Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup! - [132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/132/) — Beau—ootiful Soo—oop! - [133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/133/) — Beau—ootiful Soo—oop! - [134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/134/) — Soo—oop of the e—e—evening, Beautiful, beautiful Soup! - [135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/135/) — “Beautiful Soup! - [136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/136/) — Who cares for fish, Game, or any other dish? - [137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/137/) — Who would not give all else for two p ennyworth only of beautiful Soup? - [138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/138/) — Pennyworth only of beautiful Soup? - [139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/139/) — Beau—ootiful Soo—oop! - [140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/140/) — Beau—ootiful Soo—oop! - [141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/141/) — Soo—oop of the e—e—evening, Beautiful, beauti—FUL SOUP!” - [142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/142/) — “Chorus again!” cried the Gryphon, and the Mock Turtle had just begun to repeat it, when a cry of “The trial’s beginning!” was heard in the distance. - [143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/143/) — “Come on!” cried the Gryphon, and, taking Alice by the hand, it hurried off, without waiting for the end of the song. - [144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/144/) — “What trial is it?” - [145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/145/) — Alice panted as she ran; but the Gryphon only answered “Come on!” and ran the faster, while more and more faintly came, carried on the breeze that followed them, the melancholy words:— - [146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/146/) — “Soo—oop of the e—e—evening, Beautiful, beautiful Soup!” [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/) **2** - ← previous: [Chapter IX. 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